JP2006141449A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which a peculiar identification mark can be applied on parts by a simple method, and in addition, the drying time of the printed surface is short, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and at the same time, the identification mark can be applied to sections which are hard to altered. <P>SOLUTION: At least one of the parts which constitute this game machine, e.g., on a main control board 20 which controls the whole of game processes, the peculiar identification mark 27 such as a lot number or a management number is pad-printed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines, pachislot machines, and slot machines, and is intended to prevent fraudulent acts on parts.

  In Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-177581), the symbol display control block for controlling the display of symbols, the voice control block for controlling the generation of sound effects, and the lamp control block for controlling the lighting of the lamp are the same. There is disclosed a gaming machine control device that is mounted on the board and silk-printed along the boundary portion with each control block on the board so that the position of each control block can be identified.

  However, in order to demarcate the boundary between multiple control blocks mounted on the same board, the boundary line is silk-printed on the surface of the board. It is not intended to prevent acts. Silk printing is suitable for printing border lines on flat surfaces, but silk printing is thicker and requires forced drying with hot hot air, resulting in longer drying time. There is.

  By the way, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, fraudulent acts such as unauthorized replacement of parts such as boards occur frequently, and it is difficult to prevent them.

Conventionally, in game machines, when a identification number such as a production number is displayed on a board or the like that is frequently exchanged illegally, it has been performed by silk printing. However, silk printing has a problem in that the manufacturing cost increases because the drying time of the printed surface becomes longer as described above. In addition, since forced drying with hot air or the like is necessary, in the case of resin parts, there is a problem that thermal deformation and thermal alteration occur. Furthermore, silk printing is difficult to print on uneven surfaces and narrow places, and printing must be avoided while avoiding such places, which has the problem of being easily tampered with.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-177581

  In view of such a problem, the present invention is able to give a unique identification display to a component by a simple method, and further, the printing surface has a short drying time, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and has been tampered with. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of giving an identification display to a difficult place.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention is characterized in that a unique identification display is given by pad printing on at least one of the parts constituting the gaming machine.

  The parts to be subjected to identification display may be any one or more of a board, a board case covering the board, a circuit part mounted on the board in a replaceable manner, and a game board having a game area.

  Even if the game board is a transparent game board, that is, a game board made of a transparent material that can be seen through, identification display can be performed.

  The identification display is preferably a special display pattern, for example, a management number, a lot number or the like is coded or designed and displayed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since at least one of the components constituting the gaming machine is given a unique identification display by pad printing, the printing thickness is significantly thinner than silk printing, While drying time of a printing surface is shortened, a process becomes simple and manufacturing cost can be reduced. The fact that identification can be given in a short period of time can be done immediately (such as when an identification is easily given or changed) when a defect is discovered immediately before shipment. In the case of a gaming machine, the effect is great in preventing the occurrence of fraud. Furthermore, in pad printing, it is easy to print on uneven surfaces and narrow places, and identification can be displayed on places where tampering is difficult. Further, since drying with high-temperature hot air or the like is not necessary, there is no problem of thermal deformation or thermal alteration, and the present invention can be applied to resin parts without any problem. Furthermore, with pad printing, an additional identification display can be provided in a short time on the parts returned for the purpose of recycling or the like, and parts management becomes easy.

  When the identification display by pad printing is given to the substrate as in the invention according to claim 2, fraud due to substrate replacement can be prevented by a simple method. In addition, management of the substrate becomes easy.

  When the identification display by pad printing is applied to the substrate case covering the substrate as in the invention according to claim 3, fraud due to substrate replacement can be prevented by a simple method. In addition, management of the substrate case is facilitated.

  When the identification display by pad printing is applied to the circuit parts (ROM, CPU, interface, etc.) that can be replaced with the board as in the invention according to claim 4, fraud due to ROM replacement is prevented by a simple method. be able to. In addition, management of ROM and the like is facilitated.

  When the identification display by pad printing is given to the game board as in the invention according to claim 5, the game board can be managed by a simple method.

  When the identification display by the pad printing is given to the transparent game board as in the invention according to claim 6, the transparent game board can avoid distortion, white turbidity, bending, etc. caused at high temperature, and is seen through the transparent game board. Does not affect the background image. In addition, when applied to a transparent portion of the transparent game board, the thickness of the ink by the pad printing can be confirmed by the density of the perspective, so it is easy to confirm the quality.

  Since the pad printing is suitable for printing a special pattern, if a special display pattern is used as in the invention according to claim 7, for example, a management number or a lot number is coded or designed, etc., fraud is suppressed. The effect becomes even higher.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a ball ball game machine (pachinko machine, hereinafter referred to as “game machine”) 10 as an example of a game machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a rear view, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view.

  The gaming machine 10 includes a base door 12 that is also a main body frame on the front side of an outer frame 11 that is fixed to a game island installed in a game arcade, and a glass frame 13 that is superimposed on the front side of the base door 12. And various parts are incorporated in the interior and the front surface of the glass frame 13.

  The base door 12 is attached to the outer frame 11 so that it can be opened and closed. A liquid crystal display device 14, a first unit portion 15, and a second unit portion 16 are attached to the back surface of the base door 12. A transparent game board 17 is attached to the center of the front surface of the base door 12 so as to face the liquid crystal display device 14 in the front-rear direction. Each unit 19 is attached.

  The first unit 15 includes a ball tank for storing game balls, a payout device for paying out game balls for rental or prize balls, and a game ball as a passage for game balls for rental balls and prize balls. There are passages.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the second unit 16 includes a main control board 20 that controls overall game processing such as jackpot determination, a sub-control board 21 that controls the liquid crystal display device 14 and various lamps, and a game ball payout. And a discharge / launch control board 22 for controlling the launch and a power supply board 23 for supplying power to these boards.

  The liquid crystal display device 14 variably displays various symbols and the like that produce a game. The transparent game board 17 is formed of a transparent member at least so that the display area of the liquid crystal display device 14 can be seen through from the front. The transparent game board 17 is provided with a game ball guiding member for guiding a game ball, a game ball start port, a winning port for winning when a game ball enters, a ball outlet, and the like.

  A glass 24 is fitted into the glass frame 13, a speaker cover 25 that covers the left and right speakers 16 is attached to the upper part of the glass frame 13, and a tray unit 26 for a game ball is attached to the lower part.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5, such a gaming machine is unique to the front or back surface of the main control board 20 other than the circuit mounting area, mainly for the purpose of preventing fraud. Is displayed by pad printing. Here, the unique identification display 27 is a unique number such as a lot number or a management number of the main control board 20. In the example in the figure, the unique number is displayed as a number as it is, but since pad printing is suitable for printing a special pattern, the special number is a one-dimensional or two-dimensional coded or designed special pattern. Then, the effect of suppressing fraud is further enhanced.

  In addition to the main control board 20, the board also includes the sub-control board 21, the dispensing / launching control board 22, and the power supply board 23 as described above. As a modification, any one or more of these boards ( An identification display unique to the main control board 20) can also be given by pad printing in the same manner as described above.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6, a unique identification display 28 is given by pad printing on the outer surface of the substrate case 29 covering the substrate as described above. In this case, as the unique identification display 28, a unique number such as a lot number or a management number of the substrate covered with the substrate case 29 is displayed as it is as shown in the figure, or is coded or designed. Display as a special pattern. The display position is the side corner of the substrate case 29 in the example of the figure, but is not limited to this. The substrate case 29 may cover all or part of one substrate, or may cover a plurality of substrates.

  In the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7, the unique identification display 28 is applied to the front or back surface of the transparent game board 17 by pad printing. The display position is preferably a peripheral portion outside the liquid crystal display region so as not to obstruct the perspective of the liquid crystal display device 14. As the unique identification display 28, a unique number such as a lot number or a management number of the transparent game board 17 is displayed as it is as a number, or as a special pattern coded or designed.

  In the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8, the unique identification display 30 is put on the upper surface of a ROM (read only memory) 31 that is mounted on the main control board 20 in a replaceable manner by pad printing. As the unique identification display 30, a unique number such as a lot number or a management number in the ROM 31 is displayed as a number as it is, or as a special pattern coded or designed.

  When there are circuit components that can be exchangeably mounted on the main control board 20 and other boards in addition to the ROM (for example, a CPU, an interface, etc.), a unique identification display is also given to such parts alone or By applying it in association with the display on the ROM, the effect of suppressing fraud is further enhanced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the main control board 20, the board case 29, the transparent game board 17, and the ROM 31 that is mounted on the board in a replaceable manner are given as the parts for performing unique identification display by pad printing. It may be applied to parts other than the main parts. The present invention is not limited to a ball game machine (pachinko machine) but can be applied to other game machines such as a pachislot machine and a slot machine.

1 is an external perspective view of a ball game machine that is an example of a game machine to which the present invention is applied. It is the front view. FIG. FIG. It is a perspective view of Example 1 of the present invention which gave a peculiar discernment indication to the main control board. It is a perspective view of Example 2 of the present invention which gave a specific identification display to a substrate case. It is the perspective view of Example 3 of this invention which gave the specific identification display to the transparent game board. It is a perspective view of Example 4 of this invention which gave unique identification display to replaceable ROM.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game machine 11 Outer frame 12 Base door 13 Glass frame 14 Liquid crystal display device 15 1st unit part 16 2nd unit part 17 Transparent game board 18 Speaker 19 Launching handle unit 20 Main control board 21 Sub-control board 22 Discharge / launch control board 23 Power supply board 24 Glass 25 Speaker cover 26 Satisfaction unit 27/28/30 Unique identification display 29 Board case 31 ROM

Claims (7)

  A gaming machine characterized in that at least one of components constituting the gaming machine is given a unique identification display by pad printing.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an identification display is provided on the board.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the identification display is provided on a substrate case covering the substrate.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identification display is provided on a circuit component that is replaceably mounted on the board.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the identification display is provided on a game board having a game area.   The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the gaming board is made of a transparent material that can be seen through.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the identification display has a special display pattern.

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